Chinese Character Wiki

耿

gěng

bright

Components
耳 unknown component

耳  Unknown component

ěr

  

ear

火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

fire

Evolution

耿 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
耿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
耿 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
耿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

耿  

gěng

bright, shining; have guts; bright; honest; upright

耿  

Gěng

surname Geng

Most common words with 耿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

耿耿于怀

to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding

忠心耿耿

loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true

耿

bright

耿直

honest

耿耿

bright

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤreŋʔ

keangX

gěng

brilliant; wide awake


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.9542% of movies

2755th most common character in movies

2687th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+803F

Shuowen

“耿，耳箸頰也。从耳，烓省聲。杜林說，耿，光也。从光，聖省。凡字皆左形右聲，杜林非也。”


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